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2008 Los Angeles Benefit DinnerNearly 500 people attended the Facing History and Ourselves Los Angeles Benefit at the Beverly Hills Hotel on March 19 featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power and actor and activist Don Cheadle. | News | 03/30/2008 - 12:35 |
A California Teacher's Passion RealizedVenice, California- decided to become a teacher after her college boyfriend was killed in a drunk-driving accident. This tragic event caused a shift in her perspective. Kraft-Watts wanted to measure her own life's work by the lives she would touch. | Profile | 02/22/2008 - 15:02 |
Actor and Activist Outline Steps to End the Genocide in DarfurLos Angeles, CA - Don Cheadle and John Prendergast spoke about their experiences in Darfur last Thursday, April 26th at the Wilshire Theatre, to more than 1600 community members, teachers and students. | News | 02/22/2008 - 13:23 |
Be the Change Featured on Fox News in Los AngelesFacing History and Ourselves' newest interactive website, Be the Change: Upstanders for Human Rights, profiles the stories of five extraordinary activists who have been awarded the Reebok Human Rights Award. | News | 04/21/2008 - 17:03 |
Celebrating Ten Years in Los AngelesLOS ANGELES, California -- The Los Angeles office opened 10 years ago. In those 10 years, Facing History and Ourselves in Los Angeles has grown from a grassroots effort to a program that includes many partnerships, foundations, school districts, and individuals whose efforts are yielding amazing results. | News | 02/22/2008 - 10:35 |
Choosing to Participate Exhibition at Los Angeles Central LibraryLos Angeles, California - Choosing to Participate is a Facing History and Ourselves national initiative aimed at stimulating young people and adults to think deeply about the importance of thoughtful participation in a democracy. | News | 02/22/2008 - 13:36 |
Community Conversation Great SuccessIt was clear from the overwhelming public response to our Community Conversation Film as a Catalyst for Social Change, sponsored by The Allstate Foundation, that people are eager to discuss how filmmakers can make a difference. | News | 06/20/2008 - 16:14 |
Don Cheadle thanks Facing HistoryActor and Human Rights Activist Don Cheadle spoke at the 2008 Los Angeles Benefit Dinner at the Beverly Hills Hotel in March. In this clip, Cheadle describes getting to know Facing History through his participation last year in our Community Conversations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Cleveland. | Video Clip | 04/30/2008 - 12:57 |
East Los Angeles Course Examines Educational InequalityIs education now on "equal terms" as called for in the landmark 1954 Brown Vs. Board of Education Supreme Court Decision ending school segregation? This spring, students in Jorge Lopez's "Youth and Justice" course at Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles used the Facing History approach and resources to explore this and other questions about educational equality-looking at examples from history and their own school today. | Profile | 02/22/2008 - 15:06 |
Educator Kristin B. at the Facing History and Ourselves 2007 Los Angeles benefit dinnerKristin B, Assistant Principal at Animo Jackie Robinson Charter High School speaks at the 2007 Facing History Los Angeles Benefit Dinner. | Video Clip | 03/12/2008 - 11:38 |
